Enterprise & partnerships

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Synopsis

This short-term intensive unit is designed and taught by faculty and industry leaders at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. Taking both a theoretical and practical approach to innovation and entrepreneurship, the unit explores a variety of topics related to start-ups, including market research, forming teams, the lean start-up approach, start-up culture, pitching, and venture finance.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

demonstrate knowledge, skills and the mind-set to develop a start-up

apply theories of innovation and entrepreneurship to evaluate success of start-ups through case studies and site visits

critically analyse success and failure of entrepreneurial activities.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload for this unit is 144 hours per semester. This comprises of a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning (including site visits) and peer directed learning.